Old Skool Technology Kepts Radio On-Air

A power outage at the Louisiana Superdome delayed the Super Bowl for over half an hour in one of the most surreal scenes in sports.

Power was completely out in the CBS booth with Jim Nantz and Phil Simms and the network had to lean on sideline reporters Steve Tasker and Solomon Wilcots for updates. 

The website awfulannouncing.com notes on the radio side, Dial Global tweeted this picture of play by play man Kevin Harlan having to broadcast the power outage to the nation via landline phone.  Isn’t technology great!

The NFL released a statement, which read: "Stadium authorities are investigating the cause of the power outage. We will have more information as it becomes available."

New Orleans electric utility Entergy Corp said the blackout was due to an issue with the Superdome's own equipment.